FRESHMAN (2014): Appeared in 14 games with seven starts...Went 1-3 with a 3.59 ERA over 42.2 innings pitched...Was the team's primary midweek starter...Had seven scoreless appearances...Allowed 42 hits and 17 earned runs with 14 strikeouts and a .264 opposing batting average...Allowed just two unearned runs on two hits and two walks over 6.2 innings to earn first career win against Seattle U...Started against Utah Valley in the WAC Tournament and allowed just two runs over four innings to lead the Hornets to a 10-3 win...Went 1-1 with a 2.08 ERA over 13.0 innings pitched in regular season WAC play.

HIGH SCHOOL: Played four years for head coach Casey Morales at Saint Paul HS in Santa Fe Springs...Named team MVP twice and earned two all-Del Rio League first team selections...Earned Pitcher of the Year and first team all-CIF honors as a junior and was an all-CIF second team selection as a senior...Had a 1.94 ERA with 105 strikeouts while also hitting .320 during his senior season...Went 8-4 with a 1.97 and 81 strikeouts in 78 innings as a junior...Allowed just 2 hits in six innings with 18 strikeouts and went 3-for-3 with 7 RBIs in a game during the 2012 St. Paul Easter Tournament...Also played football for one season...Four-time Gene Zeller Student-Athlete Scholarship Award winner and earned 2010 Scholar-Athlete Award.

PERSONAL: Parents are Jesse and Lori Paderez...Major is undeclared...Aspires to graduate college, win the NCAA Tournament, and get drafted...Likes to cook.